Parables from the Projects Mia Hall

Gordy and Mia connect with another Dad and Daughter—Brother Da'ee and Akiya McKnight! Brother Da’ee was formerly incarcerated and is now a Criminal Justice Advocate helping to prevent young men from going to prison and from reentering prison after they have been already. He is particularly focused on Fathers and families. Akiya McKnight is an award-winning producer and writer, changing the landscape in Hollywood.
Both were driven to help others overcome their challenges to fulfill their largest dreams and give back to where they came from. 
 
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Email: Visionarher@gmail.com
Check out her podcast: Women With a Blueprint Podcast
Brother Da’ee: A Neccesary Conversation on Black House Channel - Experience on Demand Network
Email: aneccessaryconversation@gmail.com

In the Season 3 premiere - Mia and Gordy share stories of struggle and triumph in front of a live online audience. We hear not only about their time in the 90s, but also a larger clip from our Bonus episode where we played a selection of Mike Tyson speaking about Gordy’s pickpocketing prowess.
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The month is May and the year is 2020. In the midst of a pandemic, another pandemic is being exposed - one that has plagued Black people in America for over 400 years. Mia and Gordy talk about George Floyd and the protests. 
As promised, Gordy still takes it back to 1998, the year he married Toshua Long, and tells their love story. 
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Too many names of Black men and women to count have been murdered at the hands of police at disproportionate rates. These facts have an adverse effect on the minds of Black people when they interact with any type of law enforcement. 
In this episode, Gordy and Mia both speak about their encounters with police, the state of the country, and more. 
 

In this season premiere Wendy, Mia's mom, comes on and speaks about growing up in Brownsville and being lured towards the projects, not being able to stay in the projects outside of her control, and how she came to know Christ. 

In this episode, Gordy joins Mia in Hollywood, and then the unexpected happens, again. Right before their second live taping, Gordy is back to the same place he was before their first.
Nonetheless, they have Bobby "Yay Yay" Jones, the inspiration behind Netflix's Imperial Dreams, Morehouse and USC Film School Grad Tarik Jackson, and North Philly Native and Yale grad Rhasaan Nichols. They all speak on how the hood prepared them for Hollywood and the importance of sharing their stories.